After being released from the hospital, James, a successful engineer, prepares dinner for his parents' visitation at his apartment. He is cooking pasta with red sauce and Dinuguan. His parents arrive at his apartment. At dinner, he gave his parents a medical certificate and revealed his HIV positive status.

In a remote mountain village, young Alon secretly attends a makeshift school run by two volunteer teachers. As his love for learning grows, he begins to uncover unsettling truths about the shadows that watch over his village.